Firgrove Elementary Hawk Happenings is a weekly publication for our dedicated and hard-working staff whose mission states, "Together as a community, we will build an educational foundation to help all learners realize their full potential and achieve their hopes and dreams."
WE are committed to continue to strive to be better at practicing the Seven Culturally Responsive Classroom Principles, hence:
- We affirm our students in their cultural connections.
- We strive to be personally inviting.
- We provide learning environments that are physically and culturally inviting.
- We reinforce all students for academic development.
- We make instructional changes to honor and accommodate the differences in all our students.
- We manage our classrooms with firm, consistent yet loving control.
- We model and provide interaction opportunities that stress both collectivity as well as individuality.
- We affirm our students in their cultural connections.
- We strive to be personally inviting.
- We provide learning environments that are physically and culturally inviting.
- We reinforce all students for academic development.
- We make instructional changes to honor and accommodate the differences in all our students.
- We manage our classrooms with firm, consistent yet loving control.
- We model and provide interaction opportunities that stress both collectivity as well as individuality.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Hawk Staff Fosters Students' Hopes and "Dreams"
THIS WEEK:
Staff Room Clean-up Crew (1/17-21): Char, Wendy L, Keri
1/17 Mon. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; No school
1/18 Tues. - Salad Club Day; Thank you, Salad Hosts: Char, Angie, Megan, Claire, Wendy J
1/18 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4 PM, Library (Guest Speaker: Lynn Mock, Anti-bullying Expert) 1/19 Wed. - Collaboration Teaming/Spec. Services LIC; Walking School Bus
1/19 Wed. - Watch DOGS Sponsored Doughnuts with Dads,8:00 - 8:25 AM, gym
1/19 Wed. - District Writing Cadre, 4-5:30 PM, Woodland Library
1/21 FRI - Anti-bullying Assembly with Lynn Mock, 4th, 5th and 6th grade (no 6th grade chairs), 9-10, gym
Thank you...
- for the grace and kindness you extend each other as we get back into the groove of things while also gearing up for the spring including MSP testing for grades 3-6.
- for helping our families, especially our students, get back into the "school routine."
- for supporting colleagues whose health or the health of their loved-ones may not be well yet honoring their preference to keep it private.
Heads-up:
K-5 Teachers - In your box by Tuesday afternoon will be a one-item survey that will allow you to have your input on preferred dates for training to implement the use of the new math curriculum. Please complete the survey by Friday, Jan. 21st, and put it in Melanie Martin's box.
6th Grade Teachers: Please advertise Stahl's and Ballou's 6th Grade Parent Night in your newsletters. Stahl's is Feb. 3rd, 5:00-6:30 PM. Ballou's is Feb. 10th, 6:30-7:30PM.
5th Grade Teachers, Music and PE Specialists: Please keep your eyes open for information and timeline/deadline for Washington CBAs and CBPAs that you need to administer to your students.
COMING-UP:
Staff Room Clean-up Crew (1/24-28): Deb L, Nina, Cynthia I
1/24 Mon. - Salad Club Day; Thank you, Salad Hosts: Almai, Stephanie, Teena, Jim, Chrystie 1/24 Mon. - School Board Meeting, 6:30 PM, Ballou Commons
1/25 Tues. - Char and Almai hosting Region 2 Administrators Nuts and Bolts at Firgrove, 7-8:30 AM, Library
1/25 Tues. - MLK Assembly, all school (no chairs for 6th graders), 1:30-2:30 PM, gym
1/26 Wed. - Individual LIC; Walking School Bus
1/27 Thurs. - Grade 6 Field Trip to University of Puget Sound
1/27 Thurs. - McTeacher Night, Shift 1 is 5-6:30 PM, Shift 2 is 6:30-8:00 PM, McDonald's on 176th/Meridian
Staff Room Clean-up Crew (1/31-2/4): Melanie M, Sara M, Stephanie
1/31 Mon. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Jackie, Marlene, Angelo, Stacy, Kim M.
1/31 Mon. - Safety Team Meeting, 7:30-8:10 AM; Room 26
2/1 Tues. - Dental Van, 8:30-2:30, South Parking Lot
2/1 Tues. - Pierce County Science Guest Speaker in rooms 18 @ 12:30; 21 @ 1:30
2/2 Wed. - Principal-Directed LIC; Walking School Bus; Pierce County Science Guest Speaker in rooms 16 @ 8:30; 35 @ 9:45
2/3 Thurs. - PSD Diversity, 3:30-5:00 PM, ESC Pioneer
2/3 Thurs. - Stahl's 6th Grade Parent Night at Stahl Commons, 5:00-6:30 PM
2/4 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly: Fairness, 9-9:30 Intermediate, 10-10:30 Primary; Remember to bring your character mind map
Staff Clean-up Crew (2/7-11): Marlene, Angelo, Jane
2/7 Mon. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Christina, Kim F, Joy, Missy
2/8 Tues. - Pierce County Science Guest Speaker in Room 18 @ 12:30 & Room 21 @1:30